HISTORY
Ever since A.A.’s co-founders first stayed sober by carrying the A.A. message into hospitals, many other alcoholics have discovered the great value to their own sobriety of working with suffering alcoholics in treatment settings.
In 1934, Bill W. kept trying to help drunks in Towns Hospital in New York City. None of them seemed interested at that time, but Bill stayed sober.[/caption]
Dr. Bob worked with thousands of alcoholics at St. Thomas Hospital in Akron, Ohio. In 1939, Rockland State Hospital, a New York mental institution, was the site of one of our first A.A. hospital groups.
Today many A.A. meetings take place in inpatient and outpatient settings all over the world. Twelfth Stepping and sponsoring other alcoholics —where they are—has long been one of the most important and satisfying ways of keeping ourselves sober.
Service to treatment facilities used to be combined with service to corrections facilities under the title Institutions Committee.
In 1977 the General Service Conference voted to dissolve its Institutions Committee and form two new committees, one on correctional facilities and one on treatment facilities.
For more information on A.A.’s work in hospitals and treatment centers, see the book Alcoholics Anonymous Comes of Age.
In accordance with AA's Sixth Tradition: An A.A. group ought never endorse, finance or lend the A.A. name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property and prestige divert us from our primary purpose.
While not an endorsement of the following facilities, it is incumbent upon us to provide this list as a service to the alcoholic still suffering.
There are a number of facilities in the area that treat alcoholism and drug addiction. Here are some of them:
LOCAL TREATMENT FACILITIES
- Arlington Center for Recovery, 847-427-9680, 1655 S Arlington Hts Rd Suite 200, Arlington Heights
- Footprints to Recovery, 877-293-7150, 3265 N Arlington Heights Rd, Suite 303, Arlington Heights
- Share Program, 847-882-4181 (24 hrs), 1776 Moon Lake Blvd., Hoffman Estates
- Advocate Health Addiction Treatment Program, 847-795-3100 (24 hrs), 701 Lee St., Des Plaines
- Alexian Bros Treatment Services, 800-432-5005 (24 hrs), 1650 Moon Lake Blvd., Hoffman Estates
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Northwest Community Hospital, 847-259-1000, 800 West Central Rd., Arlington Heights